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Re: Harry Potter getting left out
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lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Sun, 9 Sep 2001 09:08:18 GMT
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:GJDrnz.7q4@lugnet.com...
In lugnet.loc.uk, Markham Carroll writes:

Huw Millington <hmillington@cix.co.uk> wrote in message
news:GJCy1q.KFo@lugnet.com...
[...] (because they are 'keep Sunday special' supporters!)

And just what is wrong about this? What's wrong about having a day off to be
with the family?

Nothing. And if you choose to run your firm that way, it ought to be your
perogative to do so. No law should prevent you from closing your shop on
whatever day you choose, just as no law should prevent you from *opening*
your shop on whatever day (and for whatever hours) you choose.

Who are "keep Sunday special"? Are they the same sort of nutters that we
have here in the US that force certain sorts of stores to be closed on
Sunday in certain jurisdictions and prevent certain sorts of merchandise
from being sold even if they are open? (for example here in Grand Rapids, no
stores can sell liquor before Noon on sundays. Talk about your unfair
restraint of trade...

If the proprietor of The Entertainer chooses not to open on Sunday, or not
to stock Harry Potter, more power to him. Remind me not to buy shares in the
firm, though, as he's not running his business in the most effective manner
by doing that unless there is a huge contingent of folks that prefer it that
way to the point of not shopping elsewhere even if The Entertainer's stock
is 'rubbish'...


The problem, if there is one, was created by bizarre rules about what could and couldn't be sold on Sundays.
Whilst for many years, much long after the US had changed, it was 'illegal' for most shops to trade on Sunday, however
it was also clear that many people wanted to shop.
Prime example was DIY. Folks want to do DIY at weekends - but stores were not allowed to sell them DIY products.
Challenge was though - how do you differentiate?
So they basically gave in and said anyone can sell anything, anytime.
They have recently got rid of the no-alcohol on sunday mornings in the UK I think.

regards
lawrence



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  Re: Harry Potter getting left out
 
(...) and couldn't be sold on Sundays. (...) for most shops to trade on Sunday, I'm not sure how consistent this was across the US, so such a comparison might not be highly accurate. I know that in 1985, most stores in Missouri were closed on (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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(...) Nothing. And if you choose to run your firm that way, it ought to be your perogative to do so. No law should prevent you from closing your shop on whatever day you choose, just as no law should prevent you from *opening* your shop on whatever (...) (23 years ago, 9-Sep-01, to lugnet.loc.uk, lugnet.harrypotter, lugnet.castle)

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